The Gardiner family business was first set up in Bellville in the 1930's by William H. A. Gardiner.
From small beginnings in a modest workshop, Ivor youngest son to William spent much of his school holidays in the workshop observing the manufacturing processes. Later Ivor followed his father into the family business, working alongside his elder brothers and learning from them the secrets of natural stone processing
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Moving into sales allowed him to appreciate new market opportunities first hand and plan the subsequent setting up of his own company, Gardiner Stone. Gardiner Stone has done several projects within the community such as the Aids Memorial at the Lookout Point in Mitchells Plain, the Buttskopp Railway Crossing Memorial Plaques and the Wall of Remembrance to commemorate the Slaves at the van de Caab Museum to name but a few.
